A recent study published in the scientific journal Nature Medicine has revealed that taking daily multivitamin supplements may help slow down the aging process to a significant extent. According to the study, individuals who took multivitamin supplements for two years were able to slow down the effects of aging by approximately 4 months compared to those who did not take supplements. The study’s co-author stated that the research aimed to not only find ways to prolong life but also to improve the quality of life.
Experts believe that taking a short walk after meals can have positive and long-lasting effects on overall health. Researchers claim that while the data collected from the study may be premature to be directly linked to medical outcomes, the effects of multivitamin supplements over a two-year period point in the same direction. Dr. Steve Horvath, an expert in the study of aging, described the research as fascinating, saying that it addresses a long-standing question in the minds of the general public: whether daily supplements can slow down the aging process.
For the study, scientists analyzed the blood samples of 958 healthy individuals over 70 years old. To estimate the participants’ biological age, researchers examined five epigenetic clocks present in the blood samples, which are biomarkers of biological aging that accurately measure the pattern of DNA methylation at specific locations in the genome.
The results of the study showed that taking daily multivitamin supplements slowed down the rate of two out of the five epigenetic clocks, which may be associated with increased mortality risk. While the effects of multivitamin supplements on biological aging are relatively limited, Dr. Horvath notes that the consistency of these effects across different epigenetic clocks is what scientists expect.
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